Kompany urges for focus with Bayern on cusp of Bundesliga title

Vincent Kompany is keeping talk of celebrations on ice, with Bayern Munich on the brink of claiming the Bundesliga title.

Bayern hold an eight-point lead over last season’s champions Bayer Leverkusen, who are second on 67 points, with three games remaining.

They face RB Leipzig on Saturday, knowing that a win would clinch a record-extending 34th top-flight triumph.

Even if they fail to get three points, they can still clinch the title on Sunday if Leverkusen’s result at Freiburg on Sunday matches theirs.

“We want to win tomorrow and be champions,” Kompany told reporters on Friday. “That’d be nice.

“Tomorrow is a final for us. Hopefully, we do it. We’re preparing as normal for Leipzig. I’m not preparing any celebrations. I’m preparing for the game.

“They have a lot of talent and quality, lots of good young players. They lost in Frankfurt [last week]. I think they’ll now play with full energy again, look to attack.

“Teams make radical decisions against Bayern … I think we will get the best version of Leipzig as an opponent. It will be tough. We need to prepare for the game, not for a party.”

Bayern have only lost two of their first 31 games of this Bundesliga season (W23 D6), something they last managed in 2016-17 under Carlo Ancelotti.

They are currently on 75 points, three more than they had at the end of the 2023-24 campaign (72).

Bayern recorded a 5-1 victory over Leipzig in the reverse fixture, and have only lost one of their last 10 competitive games away at Leipzig (W4 D5), going down 2-1 in March 2018.

Kompany will be without top-scorer Harry Kane, who is looking to land a long-awaited first title of his career, as he is suspended after accumulating five yellow cards.

However, the Belgian confirmed that Kane will travel with the squad.

“Harry is one of our best players mentally. He knows his moment is coming. He’s exuding confidence,” Kompany said.

Kane has scored 36 goals and ed 12 assists in 44 appearances in all competitions for Bayern this season.

“I have not seen anything in training that even hints he is not even playing on Saturday. He’s trained well,” added Kompany.

“Maybe some guys will come with [us] to Leipzig … Harry probably won’t up the opportunity to come.”